Panhandle Law Enforcement Teams up to ENDUI

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety sent this bulletin at 03/22/2019 11:00 AM CDT

Panhandle Law EnforcementTeams up to ENDUI

The ENDUI team will partner with five agencies this weekend in the panhandle to get impaired drivers off the roads.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol's ENDUI team will partner with other troopers, the Beaver County Sheriff's Office, Texhoma Police Department, Goodwell Police Department, and the Woodward Police Department this Saturday. Other agencies in the area have been contacted and may participate in the effort.

These men and women will hit the streets on high-visibility saturation patrols. These patrols are meant to focus members of law enforcement on catching impaired drivers. This saturation patrol will begin around 4 p.m. Saturday and will end mid-morning Sunday.

There is absolutely no reason for impaired driving collisions to happen. If you are drinking, have a plan to get home safe.

FOR RELEASE

March 22, 2019

MEDIA CONTACT

Cody McDonellCody.McDonell@dps.ok.gov(405) 479-7637

In 2017, 656 people were killed in crashes in Oklahoma; almost half of those (324) were killed in drug/alcohol-related crashes. This is up from 43 percent killed in drug/alcohol-related crashes in 2016 in Oklahoma.

Everyone is highly encouraged to find a safe ride by calling a sober driver, using a cab, Uber, Lyft or any other ride-share service. Better yet, have a designated driver. Have fun and enjoy life, but do not, under any circumstances, drive while impaired by alcohol or any other substance. The cost is too high. Let’s ENDUI.

The ENDUI enforcement team coordinates multi-jurisdictional events on a regular basis, including sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. These efforts are needed to impact Oklahoma’s impaired driving problem across the state. The locations of these activities are driven by data from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and by local request.

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The ENDUI Oklahoma program is a program of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and is funded through impaired driving grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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